Chapter 2.2 minor political parties Flashcards
in 2015 how many votes did SNP get of the scottish constituencies in the house of commons?
56 out of 59
what two years were SNP the 3rd largest party in parliament?
2015 and 2017
SNP policies
- scottish independnance
- scotland have free university
- 16 and 17 year olds can vote
what restains are put on the SNP?
- labour are unwilling to work to closely with them as it has ovetaken them in votes share in scotland
- scotland still part of the UK so they are restained in what they can achieve in scotland
- ex scots oppose use of nucelar weapons national defence policy is determined in westminster so tridents is still based in scoltland
- 2017 gina miller clase stablished that scottish parlaiemtn dont need to be consulted over brexit legislation even tho scotland voted remain
in 2014 how much did UKIP beat tories and labour by. in the euopean parliament elections?
24 seats
how much of the vote did ukip get in 2015
12.6% with only 1 seat
impact ukip has had on policy
camerons 2015 comitment to brining a brexit referndum came from eurscepticism fuelled by ukip
in the 2017 general election how many seats did plaid crymu gain?
only 4 of 40 welsh seats
in 2015 how many people voted for greenparty?
1 million but only got one seat
how has green party influenced legislation?
2018 may launched governemnt’s 25 year enviroemnt plan reducing plastic consumption
2021 cop26 summit
what policies and ideas do the DUP have?
- close ties of NI with UK
- keep open boarder with mainland ireladn after brexit
- resitance to gay marriage
- resitance to intergation of religious schools
why in 2017 did the DUP become influencatial
helped may’s governemnt have a majoirty by joining confidence and supply agreement (they will vote with tories on key issues)
